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WADA will begin an audit of Russia's anti-doping program this week as it "prepares to make a recommendation on whether to reinstate the Russian agency," the organization said on Sunday, according to Gene Cherry of REUTERS. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has been suspended by WADA since a re...

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France’s National Rugby League (LNR) “decided to attack” the French Rugby Federation (FFR) in front of the country’s Council of State over the Top14 matches that were postponed “during the time of the announced merger between Racing 92 and Stade Français,” ...

The England & Wales Cricket Board will "help fund the re-development of out-grounds at those counties whose main venues are taken over for 38 days each summer once English cricket’s new Twenty20 tournament gets under way" in '20, according to Simon Wilde of the LONDON TIMES. The ECB a ...

Scotland "will fight plans to reduce the Six Nations to a six-week tournament," according to English & Lyall of the BBC. England's Rugby Football Union "hopes to remove one of the two fallow weekends when games are not played, to create space for the new global season." But Scottish Rugby CEO Ma ...

Formula 1 is "set to ditch its current formula of turbocharged hybrid powerunits" in favor of cheaper and "noisier" engines from '21. FIA President Jean Todt met with F1's current manufacturers, "plus representatives from outside the sport including the Volkswagen Group," in Paris on Friday ...

Atomic Sport extended its report monitoring attendances versus capacity in rugby league for the 2017 Super League. A review of the '15 and '16 attendance data shows that growth is negligible. The average occupancy at Super League matches in '15 and '16 was just over 54%. Of the 12 Super League teams ...

The Rugby Union Players' Association is "hoping people power can save Australia's five Super Rugby franchises, launching an online petition to put pressure on the Australian Rugby Union," according to Wayne Smith of THE AUSTRALIAN. Barring all the "usual caveats" from the ARU, it is "almost certainl ...

A salary cap of A$9.59M ($7.3M) has been proposed by the National Rugby League for next season but "pay talks are set to drag on, with players' demands for a guaranteed share of revenue not being delivered in the governing body's financial offer for the next five years," according to Chris Barrett o ...

The Rugby League Players Association will push for integrity matters "to be decided by an independent panel" in exchange for granting the National Rugby League's request to have access to players' phone records , bank accounts and tax returns in "what would be the game's biggest overhaul of th ...

With the Hong Kong Sevens "looming large," former Fiji rugby coach Ben Ryan said that changes "need to be made to the World Rugby Sevens Series as it deals with its Olympic hangover," according to Sam Agars of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. Ryan, who led Fiji to Gold in Rio, feels the series wil ...

Former Australian Rugby Union CEO John O’Neill insisted the ARU "must stand up to SANZAAR and veto any proposal to jettison one Australian team from Super Rugby," according to Wayne Smith of THE AUSTRALIAN. Although the ARU "has denied media reports that the Western Force have been earm ...